During the first break, I called over all four of the women from Rapid City. I told them the story from my time in Louisville. We were all encouraged by God working in the hearts of the people in Rapid City. Later in the week, one of the women emailed the following, someone “mentioned that you have Ugandan connections. We have many questions about taking healing groups to the Hands of Love ministry in Uganda as early as next May. Our hope is to share it to the staff on their two campuses. The 180 staff members serve more than 2200 orphaned and abandoned children. Is there any way we may talk with you tomorrow before the afternoon session starts?”

Needless to say, we talked. As many of you know, God continues to place Uganda in my path. I have yet to travel to this country even though I had tickets purchased earlier this year. All in due time.

In that brief conversation, God brought about numerous Kingdom connections including my friends Dorothy Taft with The Market Project , Mike Studdard with Africa Bible Project, and more. I told these ladies that God keeps bring Uganda in front of me. Then these God-fearing women of God said, “yes of course. We were praying last night about you joining us in Uganda in 2020”. So we are prayerfully considering what God would have us do together for His Kingdom purposes. Please pray with us.

Below are a few quotes from participants of the Denver trauma healing equipping session. The Spirit was moving in remarkable ways. Praise His Name.

• As a domestic abuse survivor this curriculum gives me hope. In my own experience as well as that of many of my friends who are domestic abuse survivors, the church’s handling of abuse can be just as damaging, if not more so than the original abuse. This curriculum is an encouraging resource to help churches start to do a better job of dealing with a complex and very often dangerous situation.
• My initial intent was to gather information to take to a specific group in the missions field. However, I find this training is so valuable in everyday life. We all know people with “heart wounds” who can benefit from this model and curriculum.
• Instead of just coming to learn and hear information, we were allowed to experience the training through personal application. This would translate into us knowing the information provided in the course deep in our souls.